Helping Make our Communities Safer. Jaime is a Trial Attorney and Safety Advocate at Atlee Hall, LLP in Lancaster, PA representing seriously injured victims, wrongful death and those harmed by unsafe products and corporate neglect. Contact Jaime at 800-924-2309 or email jdjackson@atleehall.com.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Arbitration
Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice

The
New York Times

“On
Page 5 of a credit card contract used by American Express, beneath an
explainer on interest rates and late fees, past the details about annual
membership, is a clause that most customers probably miss. If cardholders
have a problem with their account, American Express explains, the company
“may elect to resolve any claim by individual arbitration.”

Those nine words are at the center of a far-reaching power play orchestrated
by American corporations, an investigation by The New York Times has found.

By inserting individual arbitration clauses into a soaring number of consumer
and employment contracts, companies like American Express devised a way to
circumvent the courts and bar people from joining together in class-action
lawsuits, realistically the only tool citizens have to fight illegal or
deceitful business practices.”